Boot or shoe



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l BOOT 0R SHOE. No. 524,620. Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

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ERNEST A. TI-IURS'lON, QF PLACERVILLE, IDAHO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,620, dated August14, 1894.

* Application ieaseptemterlalsee. semina. 485.666. (Nomads.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST A. THURSTON, of Placerville, in the county ofBoise and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBoots or Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots andshoes, and lhas for its objects to provide novel and durable means forthe attachment of the soles to the uppers of boots and shoes, that willbe waterproof and adapted to protect the upper leather from abrasion,and also reinforce the edge of the upper and sole.

To these ends my invention consists in the peculiar construction ,andcombination of parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, 1n which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the tigures.

Figure l is a side view of a shoe having the improvement. Fig. 2 is anenlarged transverse sectional view of a shoe or boot sole secured to theupper leather, shown in part, by the improved means. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectlonal View of a shoe or boot upper leather,

in part, attached t0 the sole by a modified form of the improvement.Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section more clearly illustratin g thepreferred form of constructing the lm proved boot or shoe soleattachment. Fig. 5 1s an enlarged view in cross section, of a shoe orboot sole and upper leather, in part, more plainly indicating thedetails of construction of the modified form represented. in Fig. 3 andFig. 6 is a plan view of the modiiied form of construction, on the line6--6 in Fig. 3.

The improvement is equally well adapted for the manufacture of boots orshoes 5 for the purpose of illustration, it is represented in connectionwith a shoe of the laced style.

Theupper leatherA should be heavy enough to insure durability at thepoint of juncture with the sole B, and may be lined or left without alining; in the sectional views the latter is omitted.

The heavy sole B is shown as a single thickness of leather, but ifdesired more than one piece may be used and be secured together byany`preferred means that will properly connect the parts of the sole.

ln Figs. 2 and 4, the reinforce and means for connecting the leathersole B to the upper leather A consists of a thin plate of tinned iron orother metal that is coated to render it serted between the sole B, andthe outwardly turned edges a o'tthe upper leather, the plate C havingits edge shaped to conform with the contour of the sole, but of greaterwidth.

The application of the plate C should be so made that an even marginalprojection will be provided for said plate,which border ange is theninwardly folded and forcibly compressed upon the edge portions a of Vtheupperleather A, as represented at h, in Figs. 2 and 4.

To prevent the inturned edge of the sheet metal cap iiange b fromcutting the upper leather, said edge is return-bent outwardly,

thereby producing a double thickness h on the edge, having its roundedmargin in contact with the upper leather. The sheet metal cap flange bis now firmly secured to the sole B, so as to clamp the upper leather Awatertight thereto, by the insertion of screws or nails c, which may beof a length to go part way through the sole as shown, or if nails areused these may pass through and `be clinched.

The construction of parts shown in Figs. 3 and 5, is substantially thesame as has been described, the change consisting in the use of a seriesof strips of sheet metal, in place of a plate that extends across theinner surface of the sole, said strips C being inserted in a marginalslit produced around the sole B, at or near its center of thickness asshown, or it may be introduced between the adjacent surfaces of thelayers of sole material, that are then cemented or otherwise attachedtogether, in a waterproof manner.

The strips C may be continuous and be bent to conform with the contourof the sole B, or may be formed of a plurality of pieces, and insertedat intervals around the sole and heel; in either case the strip orstrips are return-bent to fold them upon the top surface of the sole B,along the edge of the latter, as is indicated in Fig. 5 at b2 and alsoin Fig. 6.

The out-turned edge portion a of the upper proof against oxidation,which plate C is inj ICO leather A is .now` placed inrposition.overiathe return-limit,itange192 on thevstigipgor strpstOf', and a capplate D is imposed on the part al The cap plate D is thickened on itsinner.4

edge, and rounded where it comes into :con-* tact with the upper leatherA, so thatit will, not be liable to cut the: latter.V e

Perforations are formed at proper intervals in the cap plate D, for thereceptionnothe,

screws c, that engage threaded perforationsl in the return-bent ange b2of the stripri.; strips C', .and ,also Y maydgo through aligned.-

perforations in the lower part o ff'fsaid'stripj as shown in Figs. 3andre.

It will be seen that when thecap plate D,

is irmiygsecured` in piace,z1the `jointinet-WeenS the upper leatherArandesoie.Bewillibe ,renegdered dnrableeandwater vtight,1and.-.thtfinaboth forms 'of'at-tachingthersoles andfmppersjtogethentheimetal,sheidaiordediatrtheedge of `theg.soleTwiliprotect.the`latierfrornginjury;l

p while ther.outward:..exteusionofthe .sole'bel yondthe-zupper..fleatherffwill. greatlyfprotect the upper-l. leather.k fromcontact;-:veithA Sheep;- rocks or fragments;,olminerahfthatmight cutholesfzin, theisameit Apermitted .to-'1:abraderzits.y

aS represented inFigsiQ Lto 5. inciusiveewhich piece is made of`iaisufcientjthicknesstoihave itsftop surfaceabout infthe .sameA.plane.zwitlij1 the border ange b, or cap plate D, Sio-:that

these metaL- fpartsfwill, .not ,befliableftof-have pressure againstthesides of-I 'the feet fof. :the wearer .tohurtthernf Havingk thusiully described my inxrerition,IblimiasmewiandidesieftofsecureibyrLetters Patent'- p 1. Aboot o r shoehaving the edge of lts upper'turned outward'and a metal reinforceapplied` upensaid edge and between it and the.solerandfabindewarideicrewspassin g through the reinforce and edge ofthe upper into the Solanas/shown and described.

`2;l lira-boot or shoe, the combination with therupper and the outersole, of a sheet metal inso1ereturn bent atene A edge and, imposedy-o`n'fthencut-turned#edge-"oftheflipper, andmeans.forpsecuringftheaedges of the soies and upper together,substantially as described.

3. In a boot',o1'..shoe,i,thefcembinationrwith.

. the-.uppenand theiouterlseletotaheet.metalinsoleretunnsbentzat.onezedgetandethlckened and',outturnedgat@saidzedgeian'dljlyingziipon .securing said partstogether-,'vjas,fshown.and-

described.

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